点评:My uncle and I visited French Polynesia for the 2nd time in February 2025, after a hiatus of 5 years. Mihiarii Pearls still has 2 stores; the flagship store is located on the same street as the municipal market, around 3 blocks down the street, and the branch is located on the 1st floor of the municipal market. 5 years ago, we had visited both stores and this time round, we did the same.
We discovered that their pearl collection has shrunk considerably since 5 years ago, especially in the flagship store. I bought 3 large carved pearls(15mm) for USD80 each, from the branch store and asked for my pearls to be strung onto a male-style necklace. They charge USD10 for the stringing service and the leather string. I collected my completed necklace after 1 hour. The branch store still has a collection of premium quality large pearls which retail for between USD1000 to USD5000 each, but the collection has dwindled noticeably since 5 years ago. Here, they have Tahitian pearls that range from USD10 to USD80, per pearl, in several buckets for customers to select.
The flagship store used to be bustling with local customers picking out loose pearls for necklaces 5 years ago, but when we walked into the store this time, we were the only customers there and there were only 2 sales persons in the entire store, whereas there were over 10 sales persons here 5 years ago. The loose pearl collection here has also dwindled drastically; they used to have buckets and buckets of loose pearls with a variety of grades and sizes for customers to select. Today, they have only a handful of buckets of pearls for sale. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit them really hard.
翻译:2025 年 2 月,我和叔叔时隔 5 年再次造访法属波利尼西亚。Mihiarii Pearls 仍有 2 家门店;旗舰店与市政市场位于同一条街上,大约 3 个街区远,分店位于市政市场的一楼。5 年前,我们曾参观过这两家店,这次我们又去了一次。
我们发现他们的珍珠收藏自 5 年前以来已大幅缩水,尤其是在旗舰店。我从分店以每颗 80 美元的价格购买了 3 颗大型雕刻珍珠(15 毫米),并要求将我的珍珠串成一条男式项链。他们收取 10 美元的串线服务和皮绳费用。1 小时后,我拿到了成品项链。分店仍然收藏着一批优质大珍珠,每颗零售价在 1000 至 5000 美元之间,但自 5 年前以来,收藏量已明显减少。这里,他们有几桶大溪地珍珠,每颗价格从 10 美元到 80 美元不等,供顾客挑选。
五年前,这家旗舰店曾熙熙攘攘,当地顾客都在挑选项链用的散珠,但这次我们走进店里时,我们是那里唯一的顾客,整个店里只有 2 名销售人员,而五年前这里有 10 多名销售人员。这里的散珠收藏也急剧减少;他们过去有成桶成桶的散珠,各种等级和尺寸供顾客挑选。如今,他们只有几桶珍珠在售。新冠疫情对他们打击很大。